LONG POST COMING 🙂
*I am willing to help anyone with flashing a ROM, Custom Recovery and debloating a device, you can just reply here if you need help from me and I will gladly help…*
*Currently using MIUI from Xiaomi.eu V12.0.3.0*

So I am using my Mi 8 as a daily driver for more than a year. And in this year I got into the custom ROM environment. MIUI global version 11 didn’t quite fit my preferences for an Android phone, even with a powerful phone that the Mi 8 is, so I decided to test different custom AOSP ( Android Open Source Project) ROMS for about 3 weeks – 1 month each. These are my results and my opinions for these 8 custom ROMS (ALL BASED ON ANDROID 10) :

1)EVOLUTION X – The first ROM I tested. Super excited when I was using it. When it comes to performance it is a beast of a ROM. Everything was running smoothly and it is feature rich. Also the Face Unlock feature was active. I would rate it as : Performance : 8/10, Battery consumption 7/10, Features 8/10, Stability 7/10. Only thing that annoyed me is the fact that it was discontinued so I had an outdated ROM. So I decided to test another one!
(Android 11 has released now, it is basically the same with MUCH better performance but no face Unlock…)

2)MIUI12 Global Got released back then. I gave it a try :
Quite buggy I’d say, with the battery draining faster than Evolution X, but a lot of features and super wallpapers as it’s highlight (or maybe not). Performance was a 6/10, Battery 6/10, features 7/10, Stability 6/10. It is definitely a beautiful ROM but it lacks battery control and is FILLED with bloatware and stock apps that some users might find useful (. You CAN however remove or disable most of them through ADB and Fastboot Tool-messgae me if you need help with it) Updates come VERY SLOW, although google play is up to date.

3)Flashed PIXEL EXPERIENCE PLUS after that : It’s the Pixel Phones Android experience as the name of it says. Almost stock Android with google apps as intended to be installed on the Pixel smartphones. Absolutely stable, fast, secure BUT. I didn’t get google pay to work or Android Auto without Magisk (root). Also the Google Play is outdated on the last Stable Pixel Experience Release (Android 10 of course) and the battery life didn’t do that well either. So for me it’s Performance 8/10, Battery 5.5/10, Features 7/10 (the non-plus version is not that feature rich) and Stability 8/10. (Android 11 version came out with updated Google play, no face Unlock).

4)MIUI 12.0.3.0 From Xiaomi.eu. I am CURRENTLY USING this ROM as a daily driver more than intended. I love face Unlock on my device. It’s the same as MIUI but debloated, and relieved from the bloatware and ads that come on the Global and Chinese Versions of Miui. It’s optimized for the Battery and performance balance and control. It is the best one for me yet, getting almost 6-7 hours SOT with some use of LTE, bluetooth, wifi and Mobile hotspot. So I would definitely recommend and give it : Performance 7.5/10, Battery 9/10, Stability 8/10, features 8/10. The only “issue” there is, it’s the fact that the sound on bluetooth speakers is somewhat lower because of the EU regulations… I tried flashing the xiaomieusound.zip fix through TWRP but I’m still having no luck with. Can live with it though!

5)Paranoid Android Quartz 5 : By far the best performance of them all, medium to good Stability but the second worse battery of them all… It’s really a pitty that such a fast and responsive ROM (with face Unlock btw) is giving out a little worse battery than expected. It’s the only reason I didn’t use it as a daily driver. Performance 8.5/10, Battery 5.5/10, Features
7.5/10, Stability 7/10.

6)CrDroid : Works like a charm in terms of battery, performance BUT. Without having much to say as it is almost the same as Pixel Experience, it’s sad that Fast chargers are not working on this ROM limiting it to 4.4V only… Face Unlock also doesn’t use the infrared cam so I can’t Unlock with your face at night or at dark places. For me these are super important so it’s : Performance 8/10, Battery 8/10, Stability 6.5/10, Features 6/10. Google.play up to date.

7)RevengeOS : Amazing performance and I don’t know how but it handled the overheating better than any other ROM I tried. It is super fast and responsive with great battery life. BUT Face Unlock doesn’t work and Google play is outdated… So : Performance 8.5/10, battery 8/10, features 7.5/10, Stability 7/10.

8)Lineage OS : It’s as stock as they say, yes. Its the pure raw Android experience, (Google apps need to be Flashed with the rom separately). It is fast, with regular updates and with medium battery consumption. The resodn I did not use it as a daily driver is because there was basically no STABLE version of it, only nightly updated ones and that the Face Unlock wasn’t working either. So it’s : Performance 7/10, Battery 7/10, Stability 6/10, Features 6.5/10.